dotage
pronunciation
How to pronounce dotage in British English: UK [ˈdəʊtɪdʒ]
How to pronounce dotage in American English: US [ˈdoʊtɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
Word Origin
- dotage (n.)
- "the state of one who dotes," c. 1300; see dote + -age. Originally of all sorts of mental impairment, not just that resulting from old age. First recorded late 14c. for "senility."
Example
- 1. She gets the winter passion , and I get the dotage ?
- 2. I 'm not in my dotage yet ; I can still drive to gilly .
- 3. In my dotage , I am celebrating my true inner self and feel really and truly free for the first time in all these years .
- 4. Ford would recover from the dotage of its erratic boss to be a great company once again .
- 5. A similar number of britons live in france , but mainly for a sunny dotage in the bucolic south .